Cruel practice cannot be tolerated - LETTER TO THE EDITOR: March 27

I was featured in the March 23 Oakland Press article focusing on the plight of wolves in Michigan and Gov. Rick Snyder's edict that would allow them to be hunted either with guns or traps.

I certainly appreciated the opportunity to talk about the issue and the petition drive circulated by "Keep Michigan's Wolves Protected," which strongly believes that opening up Michigan to wolf hunting is an issue that should be put on the ballot for Michigan voters to decide.

I broke my ankle in the process of helping collect signatures for KMWP and in the article, I said I've since been feeling a little sorry for myself. The point that I wanted to make was about the cruelty and excruciating pain, in comparison, a wolf endures when their leg is caught in a steel-jawed trap where they are often left to suffer for hours or even days before a hunter returns to finish them off. It is unimaginable to me why this practice isn't considered animal cruelty and is tolerated by reasonable people. I hope and believe Michigan voters would feel the same.

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SHELLEY CZEIZLER

Clarkston

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